Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

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Post by jxf » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:09 PM UTC

goldenkey wrote: post #28

[deleted] wrote: post #19

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FYI, Colin charges $175/hr. I have no idea how anyone has the gonads to charge that rate for Rails work. I'd love to see some discussion around the age-old sales-man technique of "It's too expensive, you probably can't afford it anyways [scoffing]"

I've charged more than $175/hr in the past, when I wasn't in a startup. There are many clients for whom above-average rates are worth it and then some. (For reference, I'm not in the Bay Area.)

$175/hr, on its face, is not an outrageous number. That's fairly typical of a skilled mid-level developer's time at a consulting firm with a good reputation and track record of success.

(Edit: Another poster pointed out that OP edited his earlier post to remove the line "I'm very good and very expensive. You probably can't afford me." [0] I didn't see that when I responded, but that's not a great way to encourage people to work with you, IMO.)

[0] http://i.imgur.com/lyTtxVf.png

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

#52

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

goldenkey wrote: post #28

[deleted] wrote: post #19

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FYI, Colin charges $175/hr. I have no idea how anyone has the gonads to charge that rate for Rails work. I'd love to see some discussion around the age-old sales-man technique of "It's too expensive, you probably can't afford it anyways [scoffing]"

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Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

#53

Post by ruj478 » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

SEEKING WORK - South Africa, Remote

Ruby on Rails, Node.js

Just breaking away from the corporate world, Wanting to build a portfolio of projects.

I am coming from a strong C#, Python background (5 Years) but if possible want to work with Rails or Node.js as these are skills I want to develop.

Regards

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

#54

Post by krapp » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

goldenkey wrote: post #28

[deleted] wrote: post #19

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FYI, Colin charges $175/hr. I have no idea how anyone has the gonads to charge that rate for Rails work. I'd love to see some discussion around the age-old sales-man technique of "It's too expensive, you probably can't afford it anyways [scoffing]"

He's worth it, if he can get people to pay it.

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

#55

Post by superplussed » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

SEEKING WORK - remote / Berlin

I'm a front-leaning, full-stack developer that has recently moved to Berlin from NY. I am American, and know just a bit of German (but am learning).

I have experience with every aspect of creating an application, from mockups and UX design, to graphic design, to the full-stack implementation, to deployment. I've successfully built and sold a past start-up of mine, and have a great deal of insight with product development. Because of this, I'm probably of most value the earlier a project is in its life cycle.

Backend stack: Ruby on Rails, with DBs/data stores such as MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, and Redis. I've also worked a bunch with Elastic Search. I can also use Node.js or PHP for the right project, but lately I've been doubling down on being a backend mono-glot.

Frontend stack: my preference is Angular.js, though I've also worked Backbone and Meteor. I am well-versed in current best practices, can build responsive mobile-friendly websites, and code pixel perfect CSS and HTML5. I have a great deal of graphic design experience and can help there as well.

Portfolio: http://eatingthe.com

Email: jeremy@superplussed.com

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

#56

Post by goldenkey » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

sgentle wrote: post #42

goldenkey wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI, Colin charges $175/hr. I have no idea how anyone has the gonads to charge that rate for Rails work. I'd love to see some discussion around the age-old sales-man technique of "It's too expensive, you probably can't afford it anyways [scoffing]"

Maybe he's very good? I have no idea who Colin is, but surely it's up to him what he charges. If it's too much then nobody will hire him. What's the problem?

The problem is that he edited his post after I posted my comment in order to conceal his pompous attitude that is ruining San Francisco and other great cities.

http://i.imgur.com/lyTtxVf.png http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps...

"I'm very good and very expensive. You probably can't afford me"

Well if the tech industry can't afford you, then you might want to become a lawyer, buddy. We don't need that pompous tech-valley-swag-trash in our industry.

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

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Post by goldenkey » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:18 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #52

goldenkey wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI, Colin charges $175/hr. I have no idea how anyone has the gonads to charge that rate for Rails work. I'd love to see some discussion around the age-old sales-man technique of "It's too expensive, you probably can't afford it anyways [scoffing]"

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I already do charge around $100 an hour. But I don't preface it with Colin's ass-backwards line:

"I'm very good and very expensive. You probably can't afford me" [redacted] (http://i.imgur.com/lyTtxVf.png http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps...)

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:22 PM UTC

jxf wrote: post #51

goldenkey wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI, Colin charges $175/hr. I have no idea how anyone has the gonads to charge that rate for Rails work. I'd love to see some discussion around the age-old sales-man technique of "It's too expensive, you probably can't afford it anyways [scoffing]"

I've charged more than $175/hr in the past, when I wasn't in a startup. There are many clients for whom above-average rates are worth it and then some. (For reference, I'm not in the Bay Area.) $175/hr, on its face, is not an outrageous number. That's fairly typical of a skilled mid-level developer's time at a consulting firm with a good reputation and track record of success. (Edit: Another poster pointed out that O…

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Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

#59

Post by ghinda » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

We’re a two-man team good with pretty much anything JavaScript (node, phonegap, angular, etc.) and all-round front-end work. Also good with design (graphic, ui), dbs (mongo, couch), project management, testing or front-end ops.

Lots of experience with building single-page apps - both the back-end Node APIs and client-side apps with Angular or other frameworks.

https://github.com/ghinda

http://ghinda.net/

Re: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2014)

#60

Post by ritchiea » Sat, Mar 01, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

SEEKING WORK - Brooklyn/NYC or Remote

I am a Ruby and Javascript developer who works mostly with Rails. I have also done smaller projects in Node.js, Backbone & Sinatra. In my work I value readable code & making systems as dead simple as possible. I believe that comes through if you take a look at my code on Github. Recent projects include writing a parser for SEC XBRL filings and a participatory visualization of endorsements in the 2013 NYC Mayoral primary (http://nyc-dems.com). I am currently working part time for a client porting his in-production Drupal web app to Rails, but I have time for another 20-30 hours of consulting per week and that's what I'm looking for. You can visit my website or Github for more info:

http://andrewritchie.info

http://github.com/ritchiea